Although the start of free agency is nearly two months away (and the parameters could change if no collective bargaining agreement is reached), it doesn’t look like the Tampa Bay Buccaneers will be major players.

Coach Raheem Morris expects his team to continue to rebuild through the draft. This year, Tampa Bay will have 10 draft picks, including three in the first two rounds and five of the first 99 selections.

“There’s no secret that’s what we’re going to try to do, that’s we’ve been tried to do and last year it started and now we have to continue on that path,” Morris said Monday. “The draft has to be a high priority. It always has been. We drafted Mike Alstott, we drafted Warren Sapp and Warrick Dunn. We drafted all those big time players. They were all drafted here to play in this system and that’s the way you build teams.”

Last free-agency season, the Bucs did sign linebacker Angelo Crowell and running back Derrick Ward. Crowell did not play in 2009 because of torn biceps muscle. Ward was second on the team with 409 yards and one rushing touchdown. The team was said to be in the running to land defensive tackle Albert Haynesworth but lost out to the Washington Redskins.

In April’s draft, four of the team’s picks played roles in the team this year – first-round pick quarterback Josh Freeman, third round pick defensive tackle Roy Miller, fourth round pick defensive end Kyle Moore and seventh round pick receiver Sammie Stroughter.